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It Looks Like: WishbookWeb is down, at least for the moment. I am making an educated guess, but I would bet that Christmas traffic for the site probably exceeded Globat's bandwidth limits, and now they want more money to host the site. They're probably shutting it down until they can come to...

Go Right to the Source! You really need to take these questions over to Vacuumland's sister site, automaticwasher.org, called AW for short. AW is to major appliances what Vacuumland is to vacuums. There is a member of AW whose handle is stevet; he can answer any and all questions about the...

Now If Ya Wanna Get Something RARE: You can't do better than a Sunbeam Mixmaster 10C. That's right, there was a chrome version of the 10. What happened was, Sunbeam was thinking about a chrome mixer (there are indications that Dormeyer already had one), and they chrome-plated a short...

As Time Goes By: "As Time Goes By" is one of my favorite shows, but it ended for a very good reason - both of its stars had other commitments. The BBC wanted it to continue, because the show is wildly popular in the American market, making huge amounts of money. Dame Judi and Geoffrey Palmer...

Um.... This is most definitely a Bakelite ad, in that the Bakelite Company created it. However, if you'll read the copy, you'll see that the plastic being touted is not Bakelite itself, which was and is a composite of phenolic resin and wood flour. The plastic being advertised here is...

A Very Timely Thread! Why? Because I need a vacuum from a movie identified. The movie is "All That Heaven Allows" (1955). I already know the vacuum in question is a Lewyt, but what I do not know is, what model it is, and where this model fell in the model line-up. Meaning, was it the TOL...

Less Than Perfect.... ....Was a GREAT show. I sometimes wonder what happened to its star, Sara Rue. The British show I wished could have gone on forever was "The Vicar of Dibley." Dawn French is a genius! I'm also very, very partial to "Waiting for God," with Graham Crowden and Solihull's...

Just In Case: He has an RSS feed or something else that will alert him, Dave's screen handle here is actually Aeoliandave.

Wonder What the Difference Is? Fred, I'm sort of fascinated to hear that you're just now getting significant snow. Here in Waterloo, IA - pretty much in a straight line a little less than 300 miles West of you - we had snow four times before Thanksgiving, and we've had about eight inches in...

Bring Up.... ....A child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ;-)

Jealous Much? Yes, I am! That is a NICE 401a! One of my collecting regrets is that I don't have the space to collect "in depth" as some folks do - I have to choose, to concentrate on one thing, because there just isn't room for two of most things. If I had the room, a 401a would be a...

Close-Up: And here's a really close shot of the Sensi-Temp controls:

David: Don't be jealous - that range represents a four-year search across the entire Midwest. At that, I was not the one who found it - a friend in Wausau, WI (polkanut69 here) turned it up on his local Craiglist. Had it not been for him, I would STILL be searching! What was absolutely...

You Think That's Something: Yep, it looks pretty much like new outside. But with a good cleaning, so can many ranges. Here's the real kicker - the inside of a forty-one-year-old oven. See how she gleams! That's old-time self-cleaning for you.

William: It's too bad your father feels the way he does. Vintage appliances are not only fun and cool, they're CHEAP. I recently bagged a General Electric range from 1972, the Model J 370. It's a 30-inch range, only one model away from the top-of-the-line. It has a lighted control panel...

You Should Get.... Mrs. Harold back to come in and close those draperies every morning! You don't want the sunlight coming in and fading things. ;) A really great remodel. Things look wonderful.

The Dormeyer Is..... Their entry-level stand mixer; vertical mixers were not terribly popular by this time, but there were still consumers who would choose them for their low price. The chrome finish dates it somethere around 1954 or later; mixer companies began offering the finish at that...

Lux Sidekick: I have one and would not want to be without it. The thing it does best is to get kitty hair off furniture with speed and thoroughness. I have a velvet-upholstered ottoman that is my cat Marty's favorite place in the whole house. It's dark red, and Marty is grey, black and white...

Christina: A blind stitch is the kind of stitch that is seen at the bottom of expensive draperies - only one little stitch shows through on the top side, about one stitch every half-inch or so. It's supposed to be sort of an "invisible" finish. All the sewing is done from the back side, with...

I Only Hope.... ....There'll be room for my entourage in your foyer!